always a burden, even more to people in the field and during this chaotic evacuation operation. but make no mistake, they went there because they didn't believe that they were getting the truth from the administration. i think there's been an incredible divorce from reality between what the administration has been saying about the boots on the ground, that afghans are not stranded, that we'll be able to complete this by 31 august, versus all the reports you see from exactly what's happening, that afghans can't get to the airport, that afghan-americans are still stranded. so ultimately the dod officials, as you mentioned, are concerned about terrorist attacks, but i would challenge that a bit. we're the united states government and military, the idea that we should just kind of fold and go away and not continue to try to really negotiate with the taliban to extend the deadline, i think all efforts have to be made. you saw the cia director made a trip kind of as a hail mary. this is the continued pressure we need to really push this deadline. again, we have a moral